Pregnancy Due Date Ranges

This table attempts to estimate your probability of going into labor on different individual days based on your estimated due date. If you don't know your due date, or just want a handy daily page to tell you where you're at, use the pregnancy calendar.

It's based on the idea that the average pregnancy lasts 40 weeks with a standard deviation of about 10 days. This means you're more likely to go into labor on one of the days close to your due date. For instance, about half of all babies are born within a week of their date. Scroll to the bottom of this page if you want to know more about where I got these numbers.

The following dates are based on an estimated due date of
September 25th, 2017.

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Month

Day

Year

Date

Progress

Overall probability ofspontaneous labor

Current probability ofspontaneous labor

probability of a pregnant woman at this stage going into labor

On this date

By this date

On this date

By this date

On this date

Within 3 days

Within 5 days

Within 7 days

Monday August 21st, 2017

35W, 0D

0.01%

0.02%

0.01%

0.02%

-%

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

Tuesday August 22nd, 2017

35W, 1D

0.01%

0.03%

0.01%

0.03%

-%

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

Wednesday August 23rd, 2017

35W, 2D

0.02%

0.05%

0.02%

0.05%

-%

0.1%

0.2%

0.4%

Thursday August 24th, 2017

35W, 3D

0.02%

0.07%

0.02%

0.07%

-%

0.1%

0.3%

0.6%

Friday August 25th, 2017

35W, 4D

0.03%

0.1%

0.03%

0.1%

-%

0.2%

0.4%

0.7%

Saturday August 26th, 2017

35W, 5D

0.04%

0.13%

0.04%

0.13%

-%

0.2%

0.5%

0.9%

Sunday August 27th, 2017

35W, 6D

0.06%

0.19%

0.06%

0.19%

0.1%

0.3%

0.6%

1.2%

Monday August 28th, 2017

36W, 0D

0.08%

0.26%

0.08%

0.26%

0.1%

0.4%

0.8%

1.5%

Tuesday August 29th, 2017

36W, 1D

0.1%

0.35%

0.1%

0.35%

0.1%

0.5%

1%

1.9%

Wednesday August 30th, 2017

36W, 2D

0.14%

0.47%

0.14%

0.47%

0.1%

0.6%

1.3%

2.4%

Thursday August 31st, 2017

36W, 3D

0.18%

0.62%

0.18%

0.62%

0.2%

0.8%

1.7%

3%

Friday September 1st, 2017

36W, 4D

0.22%

0.82%

0.22%

0.82%

0.2%

1%

2.1%

3.7%

Saturday September 2nd, 2017

36W, 5D

0.28%

1.07%

0.28%

1.07%

0.3%

1.2%

2.5%

4.5%

Sunday September 3rd, 2017

36W, 6D

0.35%

1.39%

0.35%

1.39%

0.4%

1.5%

3.1%

5.4%

Monday September 4th, 2017

37W, 0D

0.44%

1.79%

0.44%

1.79%

0.4%

1.8%

3.8%

6.4%

Tuesday September 5th, 2017

37W, 1D

0.54%

2.28%

0.54%

2.28%

0.6%

2.2%

4.5%

7.6%

Wednesday September 6th, 2017

37W, 2D

0.66%

2.87%

0.66%

2.87%

0.7%

2.7%

5.4%

8.9%

Thursday September 7th, 2017

37W, 3D

0.79%

3.59%

0.79%

3.59%

0.8%

3.2%

6.3%

10.4%

Friday September 8th, 2017

37W, 4D

0.94%

4.46%

0.94%

4.46%

1%

3.8%

7.4%

11.9%

Saturday September 9th, 2017

37W, 5D

1.11%

5.48%

1.11%

5.48%

1.2%

4.4%

8.6%

13.7%

Sunday September 10th, 2017

37W, 6D

1.3%

6.68%

1.3%

6.68%

1.4%

5.2%

9.8%

15.5%

Monday September 11th, 2017

38W, 0D

1.5%

8.08%

1.5%

8.08%

1.6%

6%

11.2%

17.5%

Tuesday September 12th, 2017

38W, 1D

1.71%

9.68%

1.71%

9.68%

1.9%

6.9%

12.7%

19.7%

Wednesday September 13th, 2017

38W, 2D

1.94%

11.51%

1.94%

11.51%

2.2%

7.8%

14.3%

21.9%

Thursday September 14th, 2017

38W, 3D

2.18%

13.57%

2.18%

13.57%

2.5%

8.8%

16%

24.2%

Friday September 15th, 2017

38W, 4D

2.42%

15.87%

2.42%

15.87%

2.9%

9.9%

17.8%

26.6%

Saturday September 16th, 2017

38W, 5D

2.66%

18.41%

2.66%

18.41%

3.3%

11.1%

19.7%

29%

Sunday September 17th, 2017

38W, 6D

2.9%

21.19%

2.9%

21.19%

3.7%

12.3%

21.6%

31.5%

Monday September 18th, 2017

39W, 0D

3.12%

24.2%

3.12%

24.2%

4.1%

13.5%

23.6%

34%

Tuesday September 19th, 2017

39W, 1D

3.33%

27.43%

3.33%

27.43%

4.6%

14.9%

25.6%

36.6%

Wednesday September 20th, 2017

39W, 2D

3.52%

30.85%

3.52%

30.85%

5.1%

16.2%

27.7%

39.2%

Thursday September 21st, 2017

39W, 3D

3.68%

34.46%

3.68%

34.46%

5.6%

17.6%

29.8%

41.7%

Friday September 22nd, 2017

39W, 4D

3.81%

38.21%

3.81%

38.21%

6.2%

19.1%

31.9%

44.2%

Saturday September 23rd, 2017

39W, 5D

3.91%

42.07%

3.91%

42.07%

6.7%

20.6%

34%

46.7%

Sunday September 24th, 2017

39W, 6D

3.97%

46.02%

3.97%

46.02%

7.4%

22.1%

36.2%

49.2%

Monday September 25th, 2017

40W, 0D

3.99%

50%

3.99%

50%

8%

23.6%

38.3%

51.6%

Tuesday September 26th, 2017

40W, 1D

3.97%

53.98%

3.97%

53.98%

8.6%

25.1%

40.4%

54%

Wednesday September 27th, 2017

40W, 2D

3.91%

57.93%

3.91%

57.93%

9.3%

26.7%

42.5%

56.2%

Thursday September 28th, 2017

40W, 3D

3.81%

61.79%

3.81%

61.79%

10%

28.2%

44.5%

58.5%

Friday September 29th, 2017

40W, 4D

3.68%

65.54%

3.68%

65.54%

10.7%

29.8%

46.6%

60.6%

Saturday September 30th, 2017

40W, 5D

3.52%

69.15%

3.52%

69.15%

11.4%

31.3%

48.6%

62.7%

Sunday October 1st, 2017

40W, 6D

3.33%

72.57%

3.33%

72.57%

12.1%

32.9%

50.5%

64.7%

Monday October 2nd, 2017

41W, 0D

3.12%

75.8%

3.12%

75.8%

12.9%

34.4%

52.4%

66.6%

Tuesday October 3rd, 2017

41W, 1D

2.9%

78.81%

2.9%

78.81%

13.7%

36%

54.3%

68.5%

Wednesday October 4th, 2017

41W, 2D

2.66%

81.59%

2.66%

81.59%

14.4%

37.5%

56.1%

70.2%

Thursday October 5th, 2017

41W, 3D

2.42%

84.13%

2.42%

84.13%

15.2%

39%

57.9%

71.9%

Friday October 6th, 2017

41W, 4D

2.18%

86.43%

2.18%

86.43%

16.1%

40.5%

59.6%

73.5%

Saturday October 7th, 2017

41W, 5D

1.94%

88.49%

1.94%

88.49%

16.9%

42%

61.3%

75.1%

Sunday October 8th, 2017

41W, 6D

1.71%

90.32%

1.71%

90.32%

17.7%

43.4%

62.9%

76.4%

Monday October 9th, 2017

42W, 0D

1.5%

91.92%

1.5%

91.92%

18.6%

44.8%

64.5%

77.8%

Tuesday October 10th, 2017

42W, 1D

1.3%

93.32%

1.3%

93.32%

19.5%

46.3%

65.9%

79.2%

Wednesday October 11th, 2017

42W, 2D

1.11%

94.52%

1.11%

94.52%

20.3%

47.6%

67.3%

80.5%

Thursday October 12th, 2017

42W, 3D

0.94%

95.54%

0.94%

95.54%

21.1%

48.9%

68.8%

81.6%

Friday October 13th, 2017

42W, 4D

0.79%

96.41%

0.79%

96.41%

22%

50.1%

70.2%

82.7%

Saturday October 14th, 2017

42W, 5D

0.66%

97.13%

0.66%

97.13%

23%

51.6%

71.4%

83.6%

Sunday October 15th, 2017

42W, 6D

0.54%

97.72%

0.54%

97.72%

23.7%

53.1%

72.8%

84.6%

Monday October 16th, 2017

43W, 0D

0.44%

98.21%

0.44%

98.21%

24.6%

54.2%

73.7%

85.5%

Tuesday October 17th, 2017

43W, 1D

0.35%

98.61%

0.35%

98.61%

25.2%

55.4%

74.8%

86.3%

Wednesday October 18th, 2017

43W, 2D

0.28%

98.93%

0.28%

98.93%

26.2%

56.1%

75.7%

87.9%

Thursday October 19th, 2017

43W, 3D

0.22%

99.18%

0.22%

99.18%

26.8%

57.3%

76.8%

-%

Friday October 20th, 2017

43W, 4D

0.18%

99.38%

0.18%

99.38%

29%

58.1%

79%

-%

Saturday October 21st, 2017

43W, 5D

0.14%

99.53%

0.14%

99.53%

29.8%

59.6%

-%

-%

Sunday October 22nd, 2017

43W, 6D

0.1%

99.65%

0.1%

99.65%

28.6%

62.9%

-%

-%

Monday October 23rd, 2017

44W, 0D

0.08%

99.74%

0.08%

99.74%

30.8%

-%

-%

-%

Tuesday October 24th, 2017

44W, 1D

0.06%

99.81%

0.06%

99.81%

31.6%

-%

-%

-%

Wednesday October 25th, 2017

44W, 2D

0.04%

99.87%

0.04%

99.87%

30.8%

-%

-%

-%

Probability of labor on a given day

Probability of labor by a given day

Notes and disclaimers

All percentages are estimates based on mathematical averages and should not be taken terribly seriously... just because you only have 5% chance of going into labor two weeks early, that doesn't mean you should schedule a trip to the bahamas that weekend (see xkcd to get what I mean here).

You should (obviously) listen to your doctor or midwife on all matters related to pregnancy and childbirth. Just because this chart tells you that a 42W pregnant woman has a high chance of delivering in the next seven days, it doesn't mean it's healthy for her to be pregnant for seven more days. If your doctor wants to increase probability of delivery by inducing labor, there's probably a good reason.

Finding good distribution statistics on spontaneous labor is interesting. I have not found a study with an exact daily breakdown of when babies are born. However I have read way too much on this topic, so I can tell you that my favorite published research is The length of human pregnancy as calculated by ultrasonographic measurement of the fetal biparietal diameter (H. Kieler, O. Axelsson, S. Nilsson, U. Waldenströ) which a very nice table of 10 published studies, which found various means between 272-283 days. The study contributes their own results as well, analyzing nearly 2000 mothers who went into labor spontaneously, and there's graphs of what they found. They found a mean around 280 days, and standard deviations between 8-11 days. There's a big list of other studies and answers in the Introduction to my due date survey results.

Which leads to this topic... I am also in the process of collecting my own statistics. If you have had a baby, please take my due date survey. Oddly enough, the numbers I've collected so far support my messy hunch that pregnancy length has a 40-week mean and 9-10 day standard deviation. So go me.

Anyway if you have better research, drop me an e-mail (spacefem@spacefem.com).

I'm on the fence about this. I was always the youngest in my class because I was born 2 days before the cut off. I started school JUST after my 5th birthday (Go England.... not...) and this made a huge gap between me and the oldest kids in the class who were almost a whole year older. However, even though I might have struggled more then I'm ok now, you know? It might have even been helpful for me, pushing myself to learn more and try and be smarter. My sister was held back for a year in preschool in Germany because she didn't speak German well enough for the first grade and so she has always been the oldest in class and she's not really as academic as me. This is all anecdata of course, but interesting to ponder over.

It is wrong to lock horses in cages and breed them as if they are slaves.
I sincerely hope that you aren't condoning slavery with that implication that it isn't wrong to keep humans in cages and force them to "breed". It's probably just an unfortunate word choice.
I said it is wrong to put horses in cages and breed them as slaves. So I don't know how you read things. Frankly you are irritating me because I shouldn't have to explain how I said 2+2=4 when you are accusing me of saying 2+2=5. In this age people should have mastered how to read clearly and I shouldn't have to micromanage my text and clear what I have already layed out clearly for you.

To be fair, if the girl is a Female to Male transsexual, her hormones are not so important, at an old age Male hormones will mutate her body and have the same effect. But with boy's its more tragic and serious. Boys who want to be girls, must stop their toxic T at an early age, or else their face will be permanently ugly and bony

We sort of went middle-of-the-road. In the beginning, we had the sidecar cosleeper, and that worked great. Baby woke up a lot at night because he was a newborn, but I could pick him up, feed him, and put him back down without getting out of bed. He seemed to pretty much only be waking up if he was hungry, and settled pretty well after that, so all was good with the world (yes, there were nights when we'd have to get up and bounce on the yoga ball for a while, but we never had the horrific newborn nights that we seem to hear about where he was inconsolable at 2am). He started sleeping longer stretches and was sleeping one 8-9 hour stretch per night by the time he was two months old.

Around 3 months as he started getting more sensitive to noise, our nighttime rustlings would wake him up -- and if it wasn't my husband or me rustling it was the dog, who also sleeps in our room. It got to the point where I was so worried about someone waking him up that if I heard anyone moving in the night I'd instantly be alert and ready to murder someone if the baby woke up, and then even if the baby didn't wake up I was all keyed up and would have trouble falling back asleep. So for about a month, I moved myself to the floor of the baby's room. He transitioned easily into the crib, but I slept on the floor of his room every night and fed him when he woke up hungry.

My statement was meant to indicate that I'm not finished with my thoughts on this topic, rather than to create drama.

I believe parents in this world universally make a big mistake when it comes time to start thinking about their children using the toilet. Kids feel forced to do it, and this breeds resentment and damages their self-esteem. Having the father (the mother is needed in the battle against the patriarchy) stay home with the children and homeschool them while they haven't yet decided to train themselves is the way to avoid humiliation by their more-repressed peers.

I would also like to point out that limiting elimination to the toilet at any age creates situations where the person's health is compromised due to the lack of availability of a bathroom. In these situations, I strongly advise parents to let their children wear diapers no matter their age. Retention can lead to kidney stones, intestinal damage, urinary tract infections and harmful bacteria and toxins in the bloodstream.

I don't have a baby of my own, but my friend's baby is super talkative quite early and good at fine motor control and feeds herself lots, but didn't learn to crawl until recently and only now has shown interest in walking, but not solo. She's a bit older than a year. But she's happy and does learn things, just not all at the same rates.

I could see saunas becoming an obsession for a number of very social reasons as well, depending on your family's sauna practices. I honestly can't think of any common themes or rituals shared by all branches of my U.S. family, other than like eating together, but that seems too banal(/essential for survival) to really become an obsession. My Finnish family, on the other hand, all sauna as a social ritual. Whether or not you allow your kid in saunas yet, if there's a lot of exposure to the ritual, they could probably pick up on the social importance. It might make sense that kids are probably wired to pick up on things that the adults in their life think are important (**not a child psychologist**). I know I was super into the instant evaporation of water and associated *hissssss* the first time I was in a sauna at like age seven.
This is an excellent point. And although I know they exist, I haven't encountered any Finns who don't like sauna. There are a lot of steps to it. The kid gets to help their grandfather build the fire when we're together, knows that wood burning saunas are better than electric saunas, and absolutely loves the sound of the water hitting the hot stones. I can't imitate the sound as well as the kid does.

It's about teaching children to make love so that they do it themselves. Love has no age or genetic requirement. It's healthy for young siblings to make love, and it's unhealthy if they don't. Sexual repression of children fucks them up as adults. Because the parents are secretive about it, children get the idea that it's bad, which starts the process of sexual repression.

Gross. Yuck. Eww. I've run out of ways to express how disgusted I am with what you've said here. Ewwwwwww!!!!!!!

No, siblings should not make love. It is in our genetic interest that we don't do this. Ever. This is a cultural universal.

I think a big driver in getting them to read is to find stories that they like.
Definitely this. I once tutored a kid who had been held back twice in elementary school and was still a couple grade levels behind on reading skills. He was given a book from the Captain Underpants series because it was supposed to be at his reading level but he thought it was utterly stupid. I don't think we ever found books that both matched his reading level and maturity level, but once we started reading books better suited to his interests, it didn't matter that they were more difficult.

One of my cousins kids read the Warriors series and was really into it. She was bulllied in school, but I don't think it was instigated by her reading choices.

I don't know any recent books for this age group but I've heard great things about the Adventure Time comics.

The Wolfpack, a documentary about six bright teenage brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in a manhattan housing project. all they know of the outside is gleaned from the movies they watch obsessively (and recreate meticulously). yet as adolescence looms, they dream of escape, ever more urgently, into the beckoning world. The film is coming from the bias that the parents have wronged their children. We're told that in the past they have left the apartment, only as a group, and up to eight times a year. One year they didn't get out at all. It's unclear what the objective of these outings were. The film leaves a lot unanswered. We know they are homeschooled by their mother, who's a certified teacher, but what the homeschooling looked like is never examined. I can't help but think that these kids all around really healthy, charming, affectionate, considerate, welcoming, really only positive adjectives come to mind.

Mental health issues will never start to hurt, therefore no preemptive treatment is needed.

Mental health issues hurt, take it from me. There are many psychosomatic disorders out there which affect your body even though the real problem is in your mind. But to get better, you HAVE to treat both. Pre-emptive treatment also can stop some disorders from becoming too bad. And yes, sometimes drugs can be very very helpful.

I don't think you know what you're talking about and all this "I know because of divine intuition" bullshit is starting to piss me off. if you ask others for sources, be kind enough to provide some yourself.

Sorry, if I was not able to mention other details. Actually, I have a (US) medicare insurance. And I am particularly referring to this denial management software which help clients with their claims. Thanks for your reply.